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>>>tomorrow is the official
day of prayer
and reflection here in
south africa
, part of a ten-day period of mourning over the death of
nelson mandela
. behind me the house he once lived in, now a museum where crowds gathered throughout the day, many of them old enough to have experienced firsthand the oppression under the
white minority
government and then their children born into free
south africa
, all of them today paying tribute to
mandela
hen ace legacy.
richard engel
is also in
south africa
and has more tonight from the current
mandela
home. richard?

>> reporter: good evening, lester. the thunderstorm has also rolled into here in johannesburg. behind me there are thousands of bouquets and tributes, very wet tributes and bouquets in front of the home where
nelson mandela
died as
south africans
are coming out and celebrating the life of the man who transformed this country. no one mourns like
south africans
. in soweto, where
mandela
once lived, bans marched today and they danced and sang to celebrate the man who helped end apartheid. the
mandela
family also made its first public statement.

>>the family will learn from him to appreciate the values that made him the leader that was recognized by all. the lesson that a life lived for others is a life well lived.

>> reporter: in joe hansberg
mandela
square they came to take pictures by
mandela
's statue.

>>it makes me proud to be
south african
.

>> reporter: signed books and laid flowers.

>>the unity that he brought to us all, we love him.

>>i brought them because i wanted them to begin to get an understanding of the impact of the
human being
that
nelson mandela
was.

>> reporter: victims of apartheid brought their children who grew up free of segregation. becky mbata brought his 17-year-old daughter to the
mandela
center for memory, a museum of his life and struggle, from his letters in neat and tiny handwriting smuggled out of prison to the highlights of the know tell prize. at the memory center there is this glass replica of 3457b della's cell. for years,
mandela
didn't even have a bed in here, just a mat on the concrete floor.
nelson mandela

>> reporter: for all the celebration there's also anxiety here.
nelson mandela
, the nation's most famous son is also for many its founding father. the question is, what will it be like without him? tomorrow, that
day of prayer
, then a massive memorial, and finally the burial itself but lester, it is expected to be wet all week.